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HAND TRUCK. No. 361,913. Pateted Amt Z6, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL S. \VING, OF SYRACUSE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-EIGHTH TO WILLIAM A A.CAMERON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAND-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,913, dated April26, 1887.

Application filed October 14, 1886. Serial No. 216,275. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL S. WING,a citizen of the United States,residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improve ments in Hand-Trucks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

, The object of this invention is to increase the durability and tosimplify the construction of trucks. This object is accomplished bymeans of the device set forth in the following specification andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is avertical longitudinal section.

Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a detail plan View, partly in section.Fig. 4 is a side elevation, partly in section,ofa cheek-piece andadjacent parts. Fig. 5 is a front view, partly in section, of acheek-piece and adjacent parts.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letters A A indicate side bars of the truck, provided with handlesand connecting cross-pieces K K K. The ends of the crosspieees are setinto the side bars. To each side 2 bar is fixed a standard, S, providedwith lugs,

through which pass the bolts 1? and Q. The bolts P also pass through theends of the crosspieee K, thus securing said cross-piece to the sidebars. A connecting-strap, R, is riveted or bolted at O to the standardsand atT to the cross-pieceK. The standards and connectingstrap are madeof wroughtiron or other suitable material. Said standards offer a firmbearing for one end of the truck. 3 5 To the side bars are secured shoesor stirrups B B, terminating in V-shaped projections O O. The pieces B Bare provided with slots F F, for the reception of bolts E E. Said pieces13 B can thus be adjusted the length of the slots F by loosening thebolts E. The V-shaped projections terminate in points, as seen,and areprovided with reverse branches, and said projections are connected by acrossbar, G, extending between the inner ends of the reverse branches ofthe V-shaped projections. Said cross-bar O is depressed beneath theplane of the forward cross-bar, K, as seen in Fig. 2. Any substanceresting on the cross-bar K will thus not press too heavily on thecross-bar C, 50 and at the same time the cross-bar O prevents theV-shaped projections from spreading or i being forced apart duringloading or unloading of the truck.

To the side bars, A, are attached,-by bolts G or other suitable means,upper cheek-pieces, p. 5 5 To the upper cheek-pieces, 1), and preferablyformed-integral therewith, are connected the lower cheek-pieces, p. Theupper and lower cheek-pieces are connected by ajoining-piece or bracket,D. The joining-piece or bracket 6c and upper and lower cheek-pieces, p,clasp the side bars, A, as seen in Fig. 5.

In the lower cheek-pieces, p, are journaled pivots 1), on which swingstandards or bearings I. Stops M limit the motion of the standards I inone direction. The standards or bearings I are provided with journalsfor the axle J, on which are mounted wheels L, on which the truck canrun. Then the truck is placed on end, as seen in Fig. 1, the side bars,A, are swung on the pivots 11 until the side bars, A, and standards Ioccupy the positions indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l. The truck nowrests on the V-shaped projection O and upon the legs N of the standardsor bearings 7 5 I, and the wheels L are out of contact with the ground.The truck can thus be made to stand firmly during loading and unloading.

Spring-hooks U U are pr0vided,in which to clamp a hook used duringloading and unload; 8o

ing the truck.

When clamped into the spring-hooks, such loading-hook is not in the wayof any one handling the truck, and is at the same time easilyaccessible. the standards S for attaching the spring-hooks U to the sidebars, A, independent attaching devices for the spring hooks are renderedunnecessary, thus cheapening the construction of the device. By formingeach standard I integral with the legs N and stop M the construetion ofthe device is strengthened.

I do not in this application claim anything set forth or claimed inUnited States Patent No. 310,485, dated January 6, 1885.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination,with the side bars, A A, cross-bars,and wheels L,ofstandards S, springhooks U, and bolts P Q, connecting said stand- 10cards and spring-hooks to the side bars, substantially as set forth.

By using the bolts P Q of 85 of abracket, D, having cheek-pieces p p,pro-.

jecting in one direction, for securing said bracket to the side bars andcheek-pieces p 1),

proj ecting in the opposite direction, pivot p 15 supported by thecheek-pieces p, legs N, mounted on the pivots p stops M and bearingsLeast or formed integral with the legs N, the axle J, mounted in thebearings I, and the wheels L, substantially as set forth. 20

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two-subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL s. WING. n s.]

\Vitnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

